New guidance on campaigning and political activities from Charity Commission

Howard Lake | 3 April 2007 | News

The Charity Commission has responded to concerns from charities it says may be ‘unnecessarily cautious’ when considering campaigning activies and has published answers to questions on its website.

The Q&A advises charities on how they can follow the example of successful campaigns like Make Poverty History and the RSPCA’s controversial campaign on fox-hunting and use their unique position in society to fight for change.

This advice is being published along with election ./guidance, setting out the do’s and don’ts for charities in the run-up to local and Welsh Assembly elections in May.

Questions and answers can be found on the Charity Commission website under ‘news’ and ‘CC9, Political Activities and Campaigning by Charities’ under ‘publications.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.